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دامِي

bleeding /ˈdaː.miː/

nounB2#3149 most common

Also: bloodied, bloody, gory

Example sentences

الجرح الدامي مؤلم.
The bleeding wound is painful.
رأت الممرضة الجرح الدامي.
The nurse saw the bleeding wound.
خرج الملاكم من الحلبة دامي الوجه.
The boxer left the ring with a bloodied face.
وصل الجندي إلى المستشفى دامي الجسد بعد المعركة.
The soldier arrived at the hospital with a bloodied body after the battle.
وقفت الفتاة دامية اليدين تبحث عن المساعدة.
The girl stood with bloodied hands, looking for help.
صوّر الشاعر في قصيدته يد الوطن الدامية رمزاً لتضحيات الشعب عبر التاريخ.
In his poem, the poet portrayed the homeland's bloodied hand as a symbol of the people's sacrifices throughout history.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeدامٍ (الدامي)دامون (الدامون)
Genitiveدامٍ (الدامي)دامين (الدامين)
Accusativeدامياً (الدامي)دامين (الدامين)
Vocativeيا دامييا دامين

Word family

دمblood
دمي / يدمىto bleed
داميةbleeding (feminine form)
دمويblood-related, sanguinary
إدماءcausing to bleed, bloodletting

Etymology

دامي comes from the Semitic root د-م-ي, the same root behind the Arabic word for blood, دم (dam). It is the active participle of the verb دَمِيَ / يَدْمى, to bleed, so it names something or someone in the state of bleeding or covered in blood. The same root for blood recurs across the Semitic language family.

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